RENEW EUROPE’S PLAN TO CREATE A STRONG, SECURE AND STRATEGICALLY AUTONOMOUS EU INCLUDES:
- Strengthening the EUs defence industrial base to support Ukraine
- Increasing EU and national defence spending and aiming to buy more European
- Drastically enhancing joint procurement
- Reinforce the defence capacity of EU border states, who are especially exposed to
- potential foreign aggression
- Strengthening enforcement of sanctions and the fight against their circumventions
- Ending unanimity in EU foreign policy decisions
- Addressing hybrid threats and technological dependence
- Swiftly and fully implementing the Strategic Compass
- Strengthening innovation and technological sovereignty
In this perspective, the time has come to demonstrate political will and leadership among Europeans towards a real European Defence Union. It should be noted that any such measures do not prejudice the right of every Member State to determine their own security and defence policies. Therefore, progress towards a strategically autonomous European Union does not undermine or threaten the rights of these member states, nor presuppose their involvement.
